Found 2 items, similar to Geest.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Ge
Ge
n 1: a brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting
metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors;
occurs in germanite and argyrodite [syn:
germanium,
atomic number 32
]
2: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus
and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn:
Gaea,
Gaia]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Geest
Geest
\Geest\, n. [Cf. LG. geest, geestland, sandy, dry and,
OFries. g[=e]st, g[=a]st, g[=e]stlond, g[=a]stlond, fr.
Fries. g[=a]st barren. Cf.
Geason.]
Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin.
--R. Jameson.
[1913 Webster]